As the world we live in continues to develop better technologies and new and exciting ways of communicating, our demand for energy grows. Read More »
Cleantech
Microsoft is joining a growing number of tech companies that want to do something about their growing carbon emissions due to power hungry data centers and office buildings. The software giant on Tuesday announced a plan to become carbon neutral by fiscal year 2013 (this July). Read More »
Last month I exclusively reported that Apple was buying fuel cells from Bloom Energy for its data center in Maiden, North Carolina. Well, on Monday morning Bloom Energy has finally confirmed that yes, it is supplying fuel cells for Apple’s data center, reports CNET. Read More »
Despite the series of withdrawals of greentech IPOs this month, solar rooftop installer SolarCity announced on Monday that it is planning for an IPO. Will it fare better than the other greentech IPO hopefuls this month? Read More »
Here is a wild idea: mining energy materials for batteries, fuel cells and other electronic devices from asteroids. Except that is exactly the plan announced by a startup on Tuesday that counts Larry Page and Eric Schmidt as investors. Read More »
Buried in last week’s catfight between Apple and Greenpeace over the energy sourcing for Apple’s new North Carolina data center and how clean it would be, was a surprising fact — that the conversation between Apple and Greenpeace was happening at all. Read More »
At first glance biogas — gas that is produced by the breakdown of organic matter — and data centers that are powering the world’s always-on websites don’t seem like a clear fit. But some data center operators are researching ways to use biogas and here’s why: Read More »
After nearly two years, a Google-backed geothermal startup, AltaRock Energy, is finally getting the permit for a demonstration project in Oregon to show its novel technology does work. Read More »
Despite that Apple is building a large solar and fuel cell farm at its data center in North Carolina, Greenpeace say in a new report that Apple is one of a couple of Internet companies that are falling short on sourcing clean power for data centers. Read More »
Brightsource Energy could go public as early as Thursday on the Nasdaq, and with that move the solar power plant developer will be making history. Read More »
Internet e-commerce company eBay has covered the roof of its data center (called Topaz) in Utah with solar panels. Read More »
Google has been more than creative when it comes to making its data centers more energy efficient and greener and this week says it plans to implement a new feature for a new data center in Taiwan: thermal energy storage. Read More »
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